Each year the 1st monday in september is labor day in the usa it is in canada too they just spell it differently its a celebration of the Labor Movement and its the unofficial end of summer and for many laborers automation and technology could spell the end of the line which jobs are robots taking over and which jobs will be safe lets ask our t. Boom bust host christy i and kristie ive read that in 1950 elevator operator was among 270 careers listed in the u. S. Census back to the future a recent Postal Service controversy involves. Taking sorting machines offline and these behemoths could move the mail much faster than human beings could and automation is replacing or accompanying workers in detroit and all sorts of Assembly Lines elsewhere kristie what sorts of Assembly Work is unlikely or impossible to be automated. Well as you know a lot of some of the work and manufacturing work is being heavily heavily automated nowadays but as a long must found out the hard way not everything ca
Stick around the crystal. Blue and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered on putin about how is the issue of china playing out in the American Election cycle and by the trade themselves as being tough on beijing maybe they are at least rhetorically but in reality tells a very different story and its bipartisan the commanding heights of industry and finance have courted china for decades and have the riches to show for it is this china. To discuss this in. And more im joined by my guest sarah issue in knoxville she is a huge visiting scholar at Fudan University and in beijing we cross the jungle shes a professor at the university of International Business and economics are across it because in effect that means you can jump and we dont want and i was. Going to syria and not still im sorry what role is china playing in the American Election because i said in my introduction both biden trump want they like to if theyre shown these apps ok that ad versus ad very anti china o
Live from moscow thanks for joining us today on our walk ins welcome to the program a moscow is again urging him to Exchange Information about the alleged poisoning of russian opposition leader. Adding it has nothing to hide as International Pressure mounts on russia over the case of the us President Donald Trump says he hasnt yet seen any proof of the poisoning claims. Well i dont know exactly what happened i think its its tragic its terrible and shouldnt happen we havent had any proof yet but i will take a look there have been International Calls for transparency from russia in an investigation into what happened to alexina valmy the Russian Foreign minister sergei a lover of has said moscow has nothing to hide when it comes to mist in the valley he says russia is still waiting though for requests for information to be answered. We have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide assoon as alex in a valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures roomy ju
International coming to you straight from moscow 247 welcome to the program this hour. The trial relating to the 2815 paris terrorist attacks is underway this wednesday 14 people stand accused of involvement in the wave of terror that shook the french capital 5 years ago charlotte even he joins us live now from paris charlotte the satirical magazine charlie was one of the main targets of that attack 5 years ago how are they reacting to this trial. Well surely have do is back in the spotlight here i did to take a Bold Decision according to some some of described it perhaps as being more idiotic and that is to republics some of its most controversial cartoons which depict the prophet mohammed the muslim prophet now it was those types of cartoons that were published by the magazine that initially put a target on its back and led to that attack back in 2015 in which 12 people were murdered now back then the world came out in support singhs use 3 sharlee saying they supported the right of t
Conventions are considered to have delivered the best speeches of their political careers. Cuomo, anddan, mario annrichards in 1988 richards in 1988. Barbara jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree edit with the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Senate. She talked political ethics at the university of texas in austin entered the on immigration reform. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] are neither ladies nor are you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you do not know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, democrat of houston, texas. [applause] Barbara Jordan thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. 144 years ago that members of the Democratic Party first led a convention to select a president ial candidate. Since that time, democrats have continued to go to been once every f